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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Education Trust and Kids Can Press launched the illustrated children's book “That’s Not Fair! Getting to Know Your Rights and Freedoms”. Written by Danielle S. McLaughlin and based on the animated web series designed and animated by Bigstudios and sister studio Little Blackstone. Little Blackstone animation director Dharmali Patel created the illustrations for the recently published book.

SVG's Sports Graphics Forum drew a standing-room only crown to HBO's Michael Fuchs Theater in New York City. Chair of the event Jocelyne Meinert of Big Studios catches up with SVG's Jason Dachman to discuss her role in the event and some big trends she is seeing in the sports graphics industry.

Award-winning design agencies Motion Path and Bigstudios today announced a partnership to provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art graphics for major broadcast productions. By combining Motion Path's industry-leading design expertise in data-driven, real-time graphics with Bigstudios' centers of excellence in motion graphics, animation, and branding, the two companies will be able to offer clients a one-stop shop covering all aspects of motion design and multiple-platform, data-driven, real-time graphics.

In New York, NY The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 35th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards. Bigstudios has been nominated in 3 design and art direction categories.

Any sports network knows that redesigning a graphics package is no small undertaking. From inserts to animations to sponsorship elements, it is a massive project fraught with potential perils and the understanding that the network will likely have to live with the package for years. Factor in the added pressure that the package will debut during the most-watched single-day sports event on the planet, and the prodigious task of CBS Sports Graphics Director Marla Schmettau and her team comes into focus.